On March 5, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Oconto Fire and Rescue responded Saturday evening to a shed on fire in the town of Oconto. Crews were dispatched just after 5 p.m. to to 6853 Elm Grove School Road, and found a single-story building approximately 500 feet off the road, which was fully engulfed, with its roof collapsed, according to the department.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 1:33:49 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

On March 4, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The residents of two apartment units on Madison's east side were displaced early Monday morning after a fire broke out, officials said. A dispatcher with the Madison Fire Department says the apartment building is located in the 2900 block of Commercial Avenue. Firefighters were called to the area around 4:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 3:47:34 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO - Dramatic video shows a section of a burning apartment building in Brooklyn tumbling onto firefighters, injuring one critically, as they poured water on the inferno. Four firefighters were injured in the conflagration, which began about 12:30 a.m. Monday at 667 Jefferson Ave., a three-story brownstone where flames shot out of the second and third floors, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

The Janesville Police and Fire Commission on Thursday threw out a malfeasance complaint against Janesville Fire Chief Randy Banker, saying the former employee who made the complaint didn’t provide enough evidence to prove wrongdoing. Former Janesville Fire Department fire inspector Donald “Jeff” Bowen last year filed charges of malfeasance in public office against Banker, Janesville Fire Marshal Sue North and Janesville Fire Department union President Lt.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: GazetteXtra

Police are investigating after a 25-year-old male Onset firefighter was injured in a hit and run during the Nor’easter on Friday. At approximately 7 p.m., Wareham Police Department patrol officers and Wareham EMS paramedics responded to Cranberry Highway in the area of the Onset Avenue intersection to the report of an on-duty Onset Fire Department firefighter struck by a passing motor vehicle, according to a press release.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Bedford Standard-Times (South Coast Times)

Mayor Eric Garcetti and leaders of the Los Angeles City Council ignored a report urging them to eliminate, or drastically amend, a controversial program that pays veteran cops and firefighters their salaries and pensions simultaneously for up to five years. The Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, was approved by voters in 2001 with a promise that it would keep veteran officers on the job a few years longer with no additional cost to the city.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Two firefighters were injured after an extra-alarm fire on Chicago's West Side Saturday morning. There was a "mayday" call at 1921 S. St. Louis in North Lawndale Saturday morning around 9:30 a.m. One of the firefighters, Michael Manchester, was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and then transported to Stroger Hospital where he is in serious condition.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV Chicago

Milwaukee police officers and firefighters faced off Sunday, March 4 during the annual "Battle of the Badges" hockey matchup. The game took place at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. "Here at the Milwaukee Admirals, we appreciate our public servants and this is a way that we can give back to the community and to them," said John Bitter, VP of ticket sales for the Admirals.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2018 6:15:45 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Local fire departments responded to an apartment fire in Tomah Sunday afternoon. The Tomah Fire Department arrived to the fire at 1315 Butts Ave. around 2:30 p.m. The fire fully engulfed the building and left heavy damage. No injuries were reported, but multiple cats were killed. Officials said the building, where up to 12 people live, is a total loss but a total assessment still needs to be completed.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2018 6:10:26 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

VIDEO: Onalaska's Fire Chief Don Dominick looks forward to retirement after 39 years, the last 11 serving as chief. As chief, he's taken the department forward to serve as a community resource instead of just fighting fires. "When I started out the Fire Department wasn't responsible for medical emergencies," Onalaska Fire Chief Don Dominick said.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2018 1:22:42 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

A construction worker was rescued by Madison firefighters Saturday after a machine fell into a trench. The Madison Fire Department went to the 700 block of West Dayton Street around 3:30 p.m. after a skid loader was reported to have dropped in a trench, trapping one person. The fire department said the Heavy Urban Rescue Team was called in as it has specialized tools and equipment to free people.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2018 10:52:46 AM - SOURCE: Madison

On March 3, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A man posing as a Lake Geneva firefighter has been passing out unsafe smoke detectors while going door-to-door soliciting funds, the Lake Geneva Fire Department said Friday. The fire department was notified of the impostor Monday and the smoke detectors are not UL approved, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2018 4:38:43 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On March 2, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A large fire destroyed a garage and damaged at least two homes late Thursday afternoon in the 1600 block of 59th St. The fire, which engulfed the garage and later singed the home at 1607 59th St., blanketed the area with thick smoke for more than an hour. Area residents said they heard numerous “pops” about 2:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 1:41:22 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A year and five months after a Wilmington rowhome blaze claimed the lives of three city firefighters, federal officials are still investigating what factors made the Canby Park fire so deadly – and how the city can prevent similar tragedies. City residents and firefighters hope an upcoming report can help explain why the Sept.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delawareonline.com

State legislators Thursday heard testimony that preparation for California’s new era of catastrophic and deadly wildland fires will require costly changes to land management, building safety and firefighting services, amounting to a wholesale upgrade of the state’s firefighting force. “We have to increase our pace and scale of everything we’re doing,” Mark Ghilarducci, director of the state Office of Emergency Services, told the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat

Brandon Anderson and Mike Laughlin took similar journeys into their firefighting careers. Both wanted to serve their communities and help others, and both enjoyed the everyday challenges of the fire service. These similarities between driven personalities form lasting bonds among firefighters across the country and around the world, but the connection between Anderson and Laughlin runs far deeper.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com